GSc is a hybrid cloud storage appliance from Infortrend that allows enterprises to easily integrate local and cloud storage. It supports file and block-level access to both local and cloud data through common protocols without needing to modify existing IT environments or applications. The GSc provides benefits like faster access to cloud data through intelligent caching, secure encryption of data both locally and in the cloud, replication between local and cloud storage for backup and disaster recovery, and integration with archiving to the cloud to reduce bandwidth and storage costs.

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EonStor GSc Family
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Supports file & block-level and
general protocol access. No
need to reconfigure existing IT
environment and applications.
What is GSc Hybrid Cloud Storage Appliance?
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SecurityPerformance
Unified
Storage
Supports data encryption AES-256
and all transmissions to and from
the cloud are SSL encrypted to
ensure additional data security.
GSc
Differentiated cache mode
feature will improve
performance to speed up
access to the cloud
GSc is designed to streamline
Enterprise cloud deployment
and access

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• Companies across industries and verticals are getting on the cloud
• However, adoption of the cloud brings many challenges to the enterprise
 Existing IT applications need to be modified for cloud services
 How to secure data in the cloud?
 The access to the cloud data is slow
• GSc helps enterprises resolve above challenges and accelerate enterprise cloud
deployment and acces
Why do you need GSc?
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GSc integrates local and cloud storage’s advantage in a storage system
 Designed to streamline Enterprise cloud deployment and access
 Integrated with major cloud services such as Amazon S3, Azure, OpenStack and Alibaba cloud
How do you benefit from GSc?
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• Limited capacity
• Infrastructure
• Maintenance
• Dedicated facilities
• Power consumption
Local Storage
Cons Pros
High performance
High throughput and low
latency
High data security
Supporting SED and AES-
256 encryption
Cloud Storage
Pros
Unlimited capacity
Cloud capacity pay-as-you-
grow
No equipment
investment
Provided by cloud providers
Cons
• Security concern
• High latency
• Low throughput
• Bandwidth
constraint
Infortrend GSc Hybrid Cloud Storage Appliance

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GSc bundles with EonCloud Gateway software which provides enterprise IT
applications with general file or block-level as well as the local and cloud data
access through the common protocols such as NFS, CIFS, FTP, Rsync, iSCSI
File Level :
 Cache Mode
 Sync Mode
Block Level:
 Cache Mode
 Backup Mode
 Tier Mode
GSc with EonCloud Gateway
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NFS/CIFS/FTP/Rsync, iSCSI access
Block levelFile level
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Easy cloud integration
Faster cloud data access
Flexible cache policy
Cost-Saving on cloud storage and Bandwidth
GSc Advantages - 1
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with the existing IT environment and applications with general
by designate the local storage to act as cloud cache
with more than 9 types of intelligent cache policies and extensive
with built-in data compression and
File or block-level as well as the local and cloud data through the common protocols.
parameter settings
deduplication features
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GSc Advantages - 2
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Scalable data support
Secure and protect enterprise data
Simple-to-use
Powerful local storage performance
with PB level cloud storage and hundreds million files in the cloud
with AES 256-bit data encryption and ensures no
public cloud data can be decrypted by anyone else. All transmissions to and from the cloud
are SSL/TLS encrypted
and web-based cloud management interface can be operated by any IT
staff with a general browser, reducing the management complexity.
with excellent block/file level performance and can
deliver up to 700K IOPS, 23,000MB/s block and 17,000MB/s CIFS bandwidth
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Challenge Accessing cloud data can be relatively slow due to limited internet
bandwidth.
Solution By enabling cache feature in the EonCloud, frequently accessed enterprise
files will store a copy in the local so users can directly access the files locally to
speed up the access.
Scenario 1 - Cloud File Cache
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Local access A C ED
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E FD
B F
Cold DataHot Data Data that is not stored locally
Ask file A
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Advanced cache settings - allow administrators to set cache policies for different
usage scenarios, providing users with the best experience when accessing files.
ACL cloud synchronization support - allows files to retain the existing read/write
access rights when access through the cloud.
Upload/download only used segments - When the user accesses the cloud data,
the system will determine the accessed file segments and only upload/download
the used segments needed thus reduce the cost of the bandwidth usage.
Comprehensive monitoring reports - allow IT admin to see the cache usage at any
time.
Scenario 1 - Cloud File Cache - Benefits
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Challenge - Enterprises need do data backups to distinct locations to ensure data
security
Solution - By enabling cloud volume replication in EonCloud, the local disk volume
will replicate to the cloud, and update at any time when the local volume changes.
If the disks crash in the local, the volume data can be instantly restored from the
cloud.
Scenario 2 - Cloud Volume Replication
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Data center GSc with EonCloud
Replication
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 Reduce the bandwidth usage - Support dedupe/compress features to reduce the
bandwidth usage of cloud volume replication and also save the cost of cloud
storage
 Prevent potential data breach - Support data encryption function to ensure that
the data can not breached in the cloud
Scenario 2 - Cloud Volume Replication - Benefits
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Challenge – Traditional tape archive is difficult to use and expensive to maintain
Solution - As an alternative of the traditional tape archive, users can now use the
cloud to archive backups. By enabling cloud archiving storage on EonCloud, the
existing backup software can first write the files to the local storage space, and
then EonCloud will archive these backup data to the cloud.
Scenario 3 - Cloud Archiving Storage
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Backup Server
Off-peak time
Backup
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Buffer
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 Use common backup software - Customers can use the common backup
software and archive data to the cloud without changing the backup
environment or purchasing additional licenses for the archiving function.
 Prevent data loss - Infortrend storage disk protection and dual controller’s
mechanism can protect the archive process without interruption or data loss.
 Hot buffer expansion - Expand the backup buffer area without interrupting the
system and optimize the archive performance.
 Reduce bandwidth and cloud space - Support Dedup/Compress features to
reduce the bandwidth usage and the cost of cloud storage.
 Prevent potential data breach - Support data encryption function to ensure that
the enterprise data is not breached.
Scenario 3 - Cloud Archiving Storage - Benefits
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